Politics+Society

Nonfiction

Review: 'Badges Without Borders' by Stuart Schrader

Published Winter 2019

Lecturer Stuart Schrader's compelling history unpacks pressing challenges of militarized police and private security firms / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Detail of hand-illuminated drawing of nuns

Rare Books

Collection illuminates lives of early modern nuns

Published Winter 2019

The Women of the Book Collection offers a rare look into what it was like to be a woman between 1460 and 1800 / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Game theory

Published Winter 2019

Carey Business School marketing Professor Andrew Ching finds a win-win solution to video game manufacturers' used game problem / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Study: Housing vouchers linked to reduced hospitalization for children

Published Dec 10, 2019

Using data from an experimental housing voucher program, researchers discover rental subsidies and moving to areas with less poverty is linked with fewer hospitalizations for children

'Tis the season in Stockholm

Published Dec 10, 2019

The spirit of Christmastime is fused with Nobel Week in Stockholm, with the Nobel Prize Museum in the city's heart the epicenter of much of the spectacle

Barbara Mikulski discusses the Trump impeachment probe

Politics

Hopkins experts discuss impeachment probe

Published Nov 21, 2019

Anne Applebaum, Robert Lieberman, and former Sen. Barbara Mikulski discuss the historic nature of the inquiry and the fallout for American democracy

MSE Symposium

'Fighting for the right to have rights'

Published Nov 21, 2019

For eight years, Farida Nabourema has been the face of opposition to the Togolese government—a dangerous role, considering the president's critics are often arrested, kidnapped, or killed.

Gifted education

Jonathan Plucker named president of National Association for Gifted Children

Published Nov 18, 2019

An expert in education policy and talent development, he will set the organization's priorities and programs to support academically advanced students